Chapter 63 Meeting!
Chapter 63 Meeting!
When Xu Huizhen heard what Jia Dongming said, she suddenly realized something and greeted him enthusiastically, "Comrade! We have the most authentic Niulanshan Erwotou here! Would you like to have some first?"
When Jia Dongming heard Xu Huizhen's question, he glanced at the guests drinking in the tavern, smiled and said to Xu Huizhen, "Madam Boss! Then give me two taels of wine and two side dishes."
When Xu Huizhen heard what Jia Dongming said, she responded enthusiastically, "Comrade! Please find a table first. I will get you some wine."
After hearing what Xu Huizhen said, Jia Dongming took a look at the layout of the tavern, then sat down at a relatively secluded table, quietly waiting for the person who had made an appointment with him to show up.
"Comrade! Here are the two taels of wine you ordered, plus a plate of peanuts and a plate of pickles. Please enjoy them." Soon Xu Huizhen came to Jia Dongming's table with a tray, placed the wine jug and side dishes on the table in front of Jia Dongming, and greeted him politely.
When Jia Dongming saw the wine and snacks that Xu Huizhen placed in front of him, he smiled and nodded, then picked up the wine jug in front of him, poured himself a glass of wine, and began to drink by himself.
Jia Dongming waited in the tavern for more than half an hour, but he didn't see the mysterious man who had made an appointment with him. Realizing that he might have been fooled, Jia Dongming did not feel angry. Instead, he was thinking about the enemy spy in the backyard of Xueru Silk Shop.
"Comrade! It seems that the friend who made an appointment with you is going to stand you up tonight!" At exactly eight o'clock in the evening, the number of guests in the tavern was getting fewer and fewer. At this time, Xu Huizhen walked to Jia Dongming's table and asked him with a smile.
Jia Dongming was thinking about whether to go to the backyard of Xueru Silk Shop later. He just recovered from his deep thought after hearing Xu Huizhen's words. Jia Dongming glanced at the clock behind the counter of the tavern and saw that it was already eight o'clock in the evening. He immediately smiled and asked Xu Huizhen: "Boss! You are right. It seems that my friend can't come because of something. It's getting late now. I should go back. Can you calculate how much it will cost?"
After hearing what Jia Dongming said, Xu Huizhen smiled and said to him, "Comrade! Two taels of wine plus two dishes of snacks cost a total of 60 cents."
Jia Dongming took out a stack of money from his pocket, counted out sixty cents, put it in front of Xu Huizhen, and said to her with a smile: "Boss! Please keep this money. The wine here is very authentic. I will come again when I have time. I'll take my leave now."
After hearing what Jia Dongming said, Xu Huizhen took the money Jia Dongming placed in front of her and said to him politely, "Comrade! Take care and come often!"
"Chief Jia! Please wait a moment."
After saying goodbye to Xu Huizhen, Jia Dongming walked out of the tavern. Standing at the door of the tavern, looking at the dim lights on the street, Jia Dongming thought about going to the back of Xueru Silk Shop to take a look. Just as he was about to leave the tavern, a strange shout suddenly came from behind him.
Jia Dongming heard the shouting from behind him and subconsciously stopped, and saw a dark figure walking out from the corner of the street. Seeing the middle-aged man walking out of the corner, Jia Dongming recognized him at a glance. He was Zhang Yi, a security team member of the second brigade.
When Jia Dongming saw Zhang Yi, he thought of the kid who stopped the car this evening. He asked Zhang Yi with a serious face, "Zhang Yi! If I didn't recognize you, you should be Zhang Yi from the Second Brigade, right? I don't know why you asked someone to invite me here, but you are still refusing to show up. What's going on?"
When Zhang Yi heard Jia Dongming's question, he thought of an unexpected incident that he discovered when he was about to go out tonight. He explained to Jia Dongming with an apologetic look on his face: "Chief Jia! The situation is like this. I had dinner at home tonight and was planning to come meet you. But after I left the house, I found someone following me. I could only pretend to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy something, and then went home."
After hearing Zhang Yi's explanation, Jia Dongming frowned slightly and asked Zhang Yi in a very serious tone: "Zhang Yi! You just said someone was following you. What's going on?"
When Zhang Yi heard Jia Dongming's question and thought of his discovery today, he introduced to Jia Dongming with a serious face: "Chief Jia! I came to you today because I have something very important to tell you, and this matter is related to the death of your brother Jia Dongxu due to work-related injuries."
"What! Zhang Yi, what did you say? My brother's death was not an industrial accident, but a man-made accident? Are you sure you are not kidding me?" When Jia Dongming heard the news Zhang Yi told him, a shocked expression appeared on his face, and he confirmed with Zhang Yi in a serious face.
Zhang Yi heard Jia Dongming's question and saw Jia Dongming's serious expression. He nodded very affirmatively and replied, "Chief Jia! The situation is like this. Last year, the second workshop received a batch of orders. Because this batch of orders is a military order, the department specially arranged people to be responsible for the security of the second workshop."
"The night before your brother Jia Dongxu died of a work-related injury, I happened to be on duty. As a result, on the night I was on duty, our second team leader Chen Jianfei came to check on me. During this time, Chen Jianfei handed me a cigarette and told me to smoke a cigarette to wake myself up when I felt sleepy."
"I didn't smoke that cigarette at first. I didn't smoke it until about 2 a.m., when I felt sleepy. When I woke up the next day, I was lying on the table in the booth. Not long after the workshop started working in the morning, Jia Dongming died of a work-related injury due to a lathe malfunction."
"When I went to the workshop to investigate the situation, I found that the machine tool Jia Dongxu was working on was not the one he worked on. Jia Dongxu was protecting the eighth-level fitter in the second workshop from the disaster. In addition, I heard from Engineer Xue who participated in the investigation that Yi Zhonghai's machine tool was damaged by human beings."
"When Director Lin learned that the accident was caused by sabotage, he ordered the department to arrange for an investigation. Chen Jianfei, who was on duty that night, knew that I had made a mistake while on duty, but he helped me conceal the news that I had fallen asleep on duty. I acquiesced to this matter because I was worried about losing my job."
"Yesterday, Chen Jianfei called me to his office and asked me to help him secretly deliver something to the special workshop while I was on duty tomorrow night. He said he wanted to use this incident to kick you out of the security department."
"At first, out of trust in Chen Jianfei, I didn't think much about it, until today when he called me to his office and threatened me with the accident in the second workshop last year and asked me to carry out the task according to his instructions. Suddenly, I remembered the accident in the second workshop last year and the cigarette I smoked while on duty."
(End of this chapter)